Undergraduate Course: International Private Law Honours (LAWS10146)
Course Outline
| School | School of Law |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Available to all students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 3 Undergraduate) |
Credits | 40 |
| Home subject area | Law |
Other subject area | None |
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Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | This course deals with the concepts, history, sources, theories and general processes of international private law. Particular areas studied will include jurisdiction; family law; obligations; commercial law and property law. |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | Some knowledge of International Private Law is recommended. Please note that you are very unlikely to get a place on an Honours Law course unless you are on a direct exchange with the School of Law (this includes Erasmus law exchange students). |
| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? | No |
Course Delivery Information
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Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
This course involves further development at a more advanced level of the subject for which International Private Law Ordinary level was the foundation course.
It has the general learning objectives of developing deep knowledge and critical understanding of Scots International Private Law in a EU and wider comparative context.
In attaining this objective the following skills and abilities will be utilised and enhanced:
(a) Using primary and secondary legal materials;
(b) Deploying practical reasoning and argument;
(c) Appreciation of the law in its social and historical contexts;
(d) Evaluation and criticism of the law;
(e) Research, gaining knowledge and understanding which may be applied and adapted in future; and
(f) Development of the following transferable skills:
(i) communication skills, oral and in writing;
(ii) intellectual skills, of collecting, organising, evaluating, synthesising and presenting material and arguments, and including the ability to question assumptions, to frame and test hypotheses, to detect fallacies and to think autonomously;
(iii) general skills, in managing time, working independently, and taking personal responsibility for work.
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Assessment Information
| Essay (30%) and exam (70%) |
Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
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Contacts
| Course organiser | Prof Gerry Maher
Tel:
Email: gerard.maher@ed.ac.uk |
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